66. STNGRAMJtA. 543 



§ 3. CALLOGRAMME. 



•{•. Fronds simple. 



+. Fronds entire, oblong, acuminate. (7) S. alismifolia. 



+.+. Fronds irregularly repand, spathulate-oblong, acute. (8) S. vittaeformis. 



f .f. Pronds iernate or quinate. (9) S. quinata. 



* (7) S. alismifolia, a. Sm., Copel, Polypod. Philipp., 69; Lond. 

 Journ. of Bot., IV, 168, tab. VII— VIII, fig. B; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. 

 CCXL; Gymnogramme alismaefolia, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 386; Neurogramme 

 alismaefolia, Christ, Farnkr. d Erde, 64; 'Diplazium alismae folium, Pr., (oldest 

 name); — var. Wallichii; G. Wallichii, Hit., Hk. Bk., 1. c; Hk., Spec. Fil., 

 V, tab. CCCII; 5. WallichU, Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CLIII. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes 10 — 43 c.M. long, firm, glossy, chestnut-brown, 

 naked, or scaly towards the base. Fronds 12 — 30 c.M. long, S— ^ c.M. broad, 

 oblong, acuminate, entire, cuneate or rounded at the base. Texture thinly 

 coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; costa distinct ; veins fine, numerous, nearly spread- 

 ing, uniting 2 — 3 X ^^^^ the margin. Sori extending from the midrib to 

 where -thfey join. / 



Var. ^V^allicbii : Fronds narrower, 2— 5 c.M. broad, the base nar- 

 rowed, the veins less spreading. 



Malaya; — var. Wallichii: Singapore, Borneo. 



(8) S. vittaeformis, a. Sm., Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 69 ; Lond. 

 Journ. of Bot., IV, 168, tab. VII- VIII, fig. A; Gymnogramme vittaeformis, Mett. 

 (not Hk.), Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 386. 



Stipes subtufted, 30 — 45 c.M. long, naked, flexuose, dark-brown. Pronds 

 20 — 30 c.M. long, S'/j — 7 c.M. broad, spathulate-oblong, the edge irregularly 

 repand, the point acute. Texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked; veins fine, 

 parallel, forming 1 — "2 rows of distinct areolae near the edge. Sori extending 

 from the midrib to the edge. 



Philippines. 



# (9) S. quinata, Carr., Diels, in Engl & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., P, 

 257; Gymnogramme quinata, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 387; Hk., Spec. Fil., 

 V, tab. CCXCVII; Neurogramme quinata, Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 64; — var. 

 ternata, Christ, Fil. Saras., Ill, 2S0. 



